Vintage Velo: Racycle Pacemaker – A Bike Masterpiece
This bike hangs on the wall above the counter at First Flight Bicycles as part of the MOMBAT collection. As soon as someone points up, you know what the next question is going to...
Category: From the Archives
Vintage Velo: 1960 J.C. Higgins Deluxe Flightliner – A Trip Down Memory lane
Words and photos by Alan Mayes Like many kids in the late 1950s, my younger brother and I learned to ride bicycles on hand-me-down 16- and 20-inch-wheeled bikes from older cousins. By virtue of...
Review Vintage Velo: 1972 Schwinn Paramount – Repairable and Desirable
From the Archives, In Print Stereotypes abound in the bicycle industry, especially when it comes to the properties of frame materials. You know the ones: Steel is heavy, aluminum is stiff and carbon is the...
Vintage Velo: 1980 Schwinn Varsity
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in Bicycle Times Issue #10, published in April 2011. Words and photos by Jeff Archer. OK, raise your hand if you were born in the decade or so...
Vintage Velo: 1892 Elliot Hickory
By Jeff Archer In the late 1880s, chain drive revolutionized the bike industry. Previously, the cranks were attached directly to the wheel such as on the 1885 Columbia ordinary (Bicycle Times Issue #8). With...